tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758702.post2570933495032801902..comments2016-11-29T03:24:38.538-08:00Comments on Supersonicsoul - The Sonics Blog!: David Stern, Our Balls Are In Your HandsPaul Merrillhttps://plus.google.com/107248054878184898330noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758702.post-30257771740893670802007-05-22T20:08:00.000-07:002007-05-22T20:08:00.000-07:00Boy, I hope you're right, Nuss. As much as I can't...Boy, I hope you're right, Nuss. <BR/><BR/>As much as I can't help but despise Bennett -- not hard, between his politics and business tactics -- I also can't help but be pissed at Howard Schultz even more. <BR/><BR/>Mr. Schultz, you are a gutless void of integrity.Eric Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17427675655455678713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758702.post-57455870267345186402007-05-22T12:16:00.000-07:002007-05-22T12:16:00.000-07:00I can see that argument, but I disagree. I think B...I can see that argument, but I disagree. I think Bennett's options are limited to begin with, and getting Oden/Durant doesn't help him. I truly believe Stern will force him to sell the team before he attempts to move it. <BR/><BR/>The longer you look at this scenario, it just doesn't make sense for the NBA to abandon Seattle. This isn't the NFL where the majority of money made is in television, and a city like Green Bay can have a team. The money NBA teams make is much more tied to ticket sales, and you are looking at 1) a larger population and 2) a more affluent population in Seattle than in either KC or Oklahoma City.<BR/><BR/>The reason I think Oden/Durant will help get a stadium is because of the change in public opinion if one of those guys puts on a Sonic jersey. It jsut completely changes the attitude towards this team, from complete apathy and pessimism to optimism. Whether Bennett will still be owning the team is hard to say, but my preference, like yours, is that he doesn't.Nussnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758702.post-53952623601866938782007-05-22T11:21:00.000-07:002007-05-22T11:21:00.000-07:00My number one goal is to see Bennett sell the team...My number one goal is to see Bennett sell the team and I disagree that getting Durant or Ogden magically gets us a stadium. <BR/><BR/>If I thought for one minute that Bennett and his Oklahoma ownership team wanted to keep the team here maybe it would be more incentive, but I have to believe that this just make the team more marketable to some other city and Bennett moves the team.<BR/><BR/>If we don't get the big lottery hit, then what does Bennett have? Nothing... he will almost be forced to sell or hope that something that changes. <BR/><BR/>I would love the team to have the ping-pong balls drop, but since I think the best thing for the <B>Seattle</B> Sonics is to not get a big marketable property, then that is the way I am going.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758702.post-51389778195592155202007-05-22T11:11:00.000-07:002007-05-22T11:11:00.000-07:00According to chad ford, the sonics also have the ...According to <A HREF="http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/draft2007/insider/columns/story?columnist=ford_chad&page=DisasterMeter&univLogin02=stateChanged" REL="nofollow"> chad ford</A>, the sonics also have the most at stake.Chrisnoreply@blogger.com